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Word Weaver Member
since 2011-03-06
Posts 437California, USA 
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TICK...TICK...TICK... How hastily we live our lives while the clock keeps ticking ever watchful and wondering why we treasure time so little hastily rushing to and fro tending life and meeting obligations never finding the right moment to appreciate the butterfly when it pauses view the daylilies brief hours of life hear the songs the birds offer feel the unspoken words within a child’s hand inhale the perfume of the day all too soon the twilight darkens forever the day is gone what price paid for the day just spent the clock at six and twelve displayed hands in prayer to slow us down yet we did not heed but rushed on forgetful that eventually the clock will wind down the hands forever frozen in time. © Marcia Miller-Twiford |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"what price paid for the day just spent the clock at six and twelve displayed hands in prayer to slow us down yet we did not heed but rushed on forgetful" Very insightful write. Enjoyed the read. JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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Word Weaver Member
since 2011-03-06
Posts 437California, USA |
Thank you JL. Until we get older we don't realize just how fast time moves. Marcia www.thewritingforum.net |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Beautiful, Marcia, but I must confess I refuse to miss out on a single moment. Owl |
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Word Weaver Member
since 2011-03-06
Posts 437California, USA |
I don't miss any either my dear, they just go by so quickly now that I'm older. Wiser, but older. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I'm trying my best to slow the hands of time down, but alas, and drat, they seem to be winning ~~ How come abbreviated is such a long word? ~~ |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
It's inflation. Minutes are only worth 20 seconds now!  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
This wonderfully wise and beautiful poem should be a must read for all humans who rush through their days only to have more, instead of BEING more. Such an efficient reminder, dear Marcia! We have a clock in a room that ticks rather strongly and while I like to hear it, my husband doesn't tolerate it, as it reminds him only of the passing of time. There is a tendency now to slow down, there are many books and philosophical texts that indicate the necessity and the advantages of slowing down. But it will be a long process. Appreciation of the moment and fully be in it, that is indeed the goal. Wonderful work! Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; I am mastered totally by Love." (Rumi) |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Marcia, you brought back to me the words of my father, spoken over five decades ago, during one long hot summer, when we were out taking care of the rabbits, cleaning cages, etc., and I was wishing summer would get over, I enjoyed school so much. "Don't wish your life away, baby... you can never get it back..." Thank you for the poem, and the nostalgia.  "The business of the poet...is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things." Thomas Hardy |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Perhaps I am crazy, but I think being old is greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat fun! Owl |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Yeah, right, Owl!   |
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Daddy Goose38 Member
since 2010-09-04
Posts 430obama's a rice paper tiger |
I once had a fantasy and may have “written” a “poem” and about the hands jumping off the clock and start beating me and chasing me around and around making me go faster and faster and that I am already to late and hurry! Hurry up! Because they don’t have all day and need to jump back into the clock, but don’t bother looking for it in the archives I don’t even know what I called it and it surely ain’t worth reading. I have to go now I’m late! Jaime |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Yes,"We are the mortals that time devours"- A line from one of my poems. Ida |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Giggles, Balladeer! If it ain't fun and it ain't necessary, don't do it! Find something else that is fun! I have just left my 4-day-a-week job to concentrate on my company, and I don't remember being happier! OK, I can hear you saying that maybe my memory is failing! More giggles! Owl |
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